Rod-reel



(No Model.)

C. E. MATTESON.

ROD RE Patented Nov. 11, 1890.

lulliulInlllllnl UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES E. MATTESON, OF ALLEN'IOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

ROD-REEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 440,573, dated November11, 1890.

Application filed August l5, 1889. Serial No. 320,822. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. MATTEsoN,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Allentown, in the county ofLehigh, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Rod-Reels, of lwhich the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

rlhis invention relates to reels for use in connection with rod-mills;and the main object in view is to provide a means for receiving andceiling a rod as it emerges from the final rolls of a train, so that notonly will' a large floor space in the mill be freed for other purposesthan the reception of such rod, but the rod itself will be put into amore convenient form for subsequent handling` and treatment.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear in thefollowing description, and the novel features thereof will beparticularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation, with parts invertical section, of a rod-drum and its appliances constructed inaccordance with my invention; and Fig. 2V

is a plan of the same.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in both figures.

Let A A represent the final rolls of a train employed for themanufacture of rods from billets or other form of stock, and B theloorplates usually elnployed in rolling-mills.

At a convenient distance from the rolls A is mounted a suitable standardor frame-work C, having a riser or other desired means D for the supportof a guide-tube E, one end of which is in a sufficiently close proximityto the rolls A to receive therefrom the advancing or leading end of arod as it passes thereinbetween. The opposite end of the guidetube iscurved so as to direct a rod passing therethrough downward. In thisinstance the tube E is made in two sections, the one being straight,projecting toward the rolls and adapted to slide telescopically withinthe other, which is connected with the support D, whereby thereceivingend of the guide-tube may be adj usted at different distancesfrom the rolls.

The frame-work or standard C is apertured, as at C', to form a bearing,in which is rotatably mounted a sleeve F, having a fiange F', whichbears upon the standard. The sleeve may also have a flange F2, adaptedto bear upon the lower face of the standard, in which case, if theiianges be integral with the sleeve, as shown, the standard-bearingwould consist of separable parts bolted together, as is usual inconstructing bearings for integrally-anged journals.

To the lower iiange of the sleeve is secured a delivery-tube or lay-oifG, having the form ot' a compound curve with its delivery end taperedtransversely, and upon the upper portion of the sleeve is arigidly-mounted belt or band pulley H; or any desired system of gearingmay be employed. The bent section of the guide-tube E projects into thesleeve F, and the interior bore of the latter is gradually reduced tocoincide with that of the lay-off G at'the point where the two join eachother.

In the floor-plate B an opening B is formed of a size and shape tosubstantially agree with that of the drum I, and said opening leads intoor communicates with a pit J, formed beneath the floor. W'ithin the pitis arranged any suitable framing .I' to support the connect-ed andopera-ting parts of the drum. Mounted in any desired manner upon suchframing' are bearing plates K4 K4, through which the spindle I of thedrum passes. The body of the drum terminates in au upwardly and inwardlyprojecting annular iiange I2, which facilitates the removal of a coil ofwire therefrom, and also permits the rotation of the extreme anddelivering end of the lay-off closely to the periphery of the drumWithout forming in the lay-off any abrupt bend, whereby the passage ofthe rod therethrough is not impeded, and, furthermore, the rod is up toits very end under the full control of the lay-off, and is neatlycoiledthereby. This latter advantage exists whether the flange I2 be presentor not. At

K a lever K is pivotally connected with the spindle-drum, said leverbeing fulcrumed in a bracket K2, and pivotally attached at K3 to rod L,carrying at its upper end aplatform L', which is held substantiallylevel with the floor-plate B by any suitable means. In this instance alatch is provided and adapted to be operated by a hand-lever N, pivotedto and extending above the door, so as to come into contact with andhold the platform L and rod L in the position'shown in Fig. l, and so asto detach the latch from the rod and permit it and the rod to rise byreason of the weight of the drum and its spindle acting on the end K ofthe lever K.

The operation is as follows: A suitable band or belt H being driven fromany desired source of power, the lay-off G is rotated, and its deliveryend travels a path close to the periphery of the drum. The rod X emergesfrom the rolls A A, enters and travels along the guide-tu be E until theleading end strikes the curved portion, by which it is deflected intothe rotating sleeve, and is guided by its coned interior into thenon-abruptly-curved lay-oit. As the rod reaches the Hoor-plate it is bythe rotation of the layoff rapidly whipped around the druin, and whenleaving the roller is drawn more or less snugly thereagainst, and thesuccessive coils arelaid upon each other until the following end of therod thereby against the drum.

passes out of the lay-off, and is whipped The latch M is now releasedfrom the rod L, and the drum falls within the pit, the edges of theopening B of the floor-plate retaining the coil and serving to strip thesame from the drum. The coil may now be transported bodily away forfurther treatment. The operator now depresses by a foot or standing`upon the platform, so as to bring the drum into position to receiveanother coil.

By the apparatus thus described the equally long distance of Hoor-spacerequired to receive an uncoiled rod from the rolls is rendered usefulfor other purposes, and the rod is put into a convenient form.

What I claim as new is- 1. In a wire-reel, a rotary lay-off havingtransversely, substantially as and-for the purpose specified.

3. A vertical reciprocative pitted drum, a system of levers forreciprocating said drum` and a locking mechanism for retaining the drumin a desired position, substantially as described.

4. The combination, vwith the Hoor-plates and the final rolls ot'atrain,of the rod-guide,v

a rotary lay-off, a drum vertically reciprocative through an opening insaid door-plates, and a platform operatively connected with the drum,substantially as described. p

5. The combination, with a standard having a bearing, of an annularflanged sleeve provided with a single rod-passage and a pulley, and acurved lay-off secured to the sleeve to constantly register with therod-passage of the sleeve, substantially as described.

6. The combination, with a rotary lay-oft', of a reciprocative drum andan open-sided case, whereby a coil, when formed, may be withdrawn fromthe reeling apparatus without lifting the same from the floor, substan-/tially as described.

In testimony' whereof I affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.-

CHARLES E. MATTESON.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM M. DoUGLAss, WELLINGTON H. BIRD.

